Quality of life comparison
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If you lived in Svalbard instead of Bermuda, you would:
Geography
see 34.8 times more coastline
Bermuda has a total of 103 km of coastline. In Svalbard, that number is 3,587 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Svalbard: At a glance
Svalbard is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 62,045 sq km. First discovered by the Norwegians in the 12th century, the islands served as an international whaling base during the 17th and 18th centuries. Norway's sovereignty was recognized in 1920; five years later it officially took over the territory.
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